Everygirl by Derek Llewellyn-Jones
32.95 NZD
59.99 (45% off)
Category: Health
Everygirl, a well-established best seller, provides reassuring advice about the mysteries and problems of growing up. The new fourth edition addresses current personal and social issues that concern young women. It includes extensive new material on eating disorders, drugs, sexually transmitted diseases ...Show more
Getting Rid of Gout by Bryan Emmerson
32.95 NZD
Category: Health
Anyone suffering from this traumatic arthritic condition should appreciate this title. Included in the new sections are updated dietary guidelines, including contemporary research on the role of diet in preventing gout, and a description of the new medications available.
Mind Race: A First-Hand Account of One Teenager's Experience With Bipolar Disorder by Patrick Jamieson
20.95 NZD
Category: Health | Series: Adolescent Mental Health Initiative
A First Hand Account of One TeenagerâÂÂs Experience with Bipolar Disorder Many people diagnosed with bipolar disorder are adolescents. Having been diagnosed with the disorder at age fifteen, Patrick Jamieson knows first hand the highs and lows and brings his experiences to bear in this compelling ...Show more
Me, Myself, and Them: A Firsthand Account of One Young Person's Experience with Schizophrenia by Kurt Snyder
22.95 NZD
Category: Health | Series: Adolescent Mental Health Initiative
During his second semester at college, Kurt Snyder became convinced that he was about to discover a fabulously important mathematical principle, spending hours lost in daydreams about numbers and symbols. In time, his thoughts took a darker turn, and he became preoccupied with the idea that cars were fo ...Show more
Beating the Blues by Michael E. Thase
31.95 NZD
Category: Health
Shows how chronic mild depression can be relieved by learning strategies that help us to recognize negative and distorted thinking patterns that lead to a downward spiral of pessimism. This book reveals that a combination of medication and therapy has been shown to be the most effective treatment for mi ...Show more
The Scleroderma Book by Maureen D. Mayes
59.95 NZD
Category: Health
Talks about the baffling disease called scleroderma. This book discusses tests that are used to make the diagnosis and to monitor the disease, treatments as well as potential therapies, and theories about the cause of scleroderma, including the role of the immune system and the role of genetics.
The Lupus Book by Daniel J. Wallace
85.00 NZD
92.95 (8% off)
Category: Health
Lupus, a disease of the immune system, can be quite deadly, claiming the lives of thousands of patients yearly. This is a helpful book on the disease.
Fibromyalgia by Daniel J. Wallace
32.99 NZD
Category: Health
This is an inviting and succinct guide to fibromyalgia, a syndrome that affects 6 million Americans annually. Fibromyalgia is a form of chronic neuromuscular pain, a pain-amplification syndrome brought on by abnormal interactions between hormones, the immune system, neurotransmitters, and the autonomic ...Show more
Rheumatoid Arthritis by Cheryl Koehn
79.95 NZD
Category: Health
Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful, incurable connective-tissue disease that attacks the hands and feet as well as the joints and may lead to deformities and permanent disabilities. This title offers an inspiring, scientifically based game plan for minimizing the effects of this chronic illness, and ulti ...Show more
The World of the Autistic Child by Bryna Siegel
35.00 NZD
47.95 (27% off)
Category: Health
This book is for parents of autistic children, and for teachers, child specialists, and other professionals who care for them. It includes current thinking on causes, diagnosis, and treatment, using illustrative case studies throughout.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Michael Sharpe
47.95 NZD
Category: Health | Series: Facts
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) remains one of the most controversial illnesses, both in terms of its causes, and the best ways to treat the illness. For years, sufferers have had to deal with scepticism from their families, employers, and even health care professionals. The vast amount of conflicting ad ...Show more
Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth (3rd revised edition) by Murray Enkin
25.00 NZD
Category: Health
Regarded as 'essential' reading in obstetrics, this totally updated edition is based on systematic reviews of the research literature. It summarises the most authoritative evidence available on the effects of care carried out during pregnancy, childbirth and after the baby is born. It is clear and acces ...Show more